Well, lookin bad for Washoe and Lahontan, real bad. Maybe a month or two at Washoe, Lahontan is a canyon with a creek running through. Pyramid will have plenty of water, water level is pretty constant there. Will have to figure out how to get the most out of Pyramid this year, maybe the southeast corner; takes some dirt road to get there but should have good swell. Tremontanna (Boris) goes closer to my house in Sparks but he does speed runs in flat water, I'll tire of that I believe.
CoachG I take it Fulsom is like Lahontan, huh?
Obviously the bay will be normal but bacteria counts will be up as the great toilet flush didn't happen to clean out the bay this winter, oh well, what's a little Coli between friends. Coast will be normal of course.
That leaves Rio. We sail the Sacramento river and flows will be very low all summer so I guess the salt water will back up farther. Toxic Algae and fungus may be a problem. https://water.unl.edu/lakes/toxicalgae-faqs

Yup, Folsom is the lowest I've ever seen. Any lakes that get weeds will likely get them earlier with less snow melt, warmer water. Most of the Alpine lakes should be sailable earlier than normal-warmer water. I usually vacation in the Sierras in early August but I'm guessing there won't be much water in the lakes up there by then so maybe June? The other issue will be forest fires with everything

Looks like more trips to the bay this year and as Windoggie states, don't fall in

Coachg

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I've seen real rain before, of course, but I admit to having forgotten completely about it. 3 drought winters in a row will do that to you, and SF Bay Area & So Cal have had exactly that. (Most of the rest of the country = totally diff story.)

Yeah, word is rain coming this week starting on Wed, but that won't change the fact that 2013 was the driest year ever on record in CA and helped us understand what it's like to live in Arizona:

The first picture is taken in 2007 when the water level was down to 400', the second is taken in early Jan this year from the Sacramento Bee. The Bird's Eye view of the Marina shown a normal spring & you can compare it with the water level in the live web cam here.

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